THE STRUCTURE OF SOME ANTHROPOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS

Astrit Iseni, Artan Kryeziu, Agim Rexhepi

Abstract

Aiming at determining the structure of the anthropometrical characteristics, it has been conducted a research of 100 sample population of secondary school 15-year-old students at “Sami Frasheri” in Kumanovo. In conducting the foreseen objectives, there have been applied a total of 13 variables from anthropometrical space, namely: three variables to estimate the dimensionality of the longitudinal skeleton, three variables to estimate the dimensionality of the transversal skeleton, four variables to estimate the volume and mass of the body and three variables for the assessment of the skin folds of the body. On the basis of the obtained results of factorial analysis, it can be concluded that in latent space on anthropometrical characteristics of students of secondary education, there is an existence of three latent dimensions which can be defined as a: factor in the transversal dimension of the volume of the skeleton and the body, factor of the longitudinal dimension of the skeleton, and factor in skin folds of the body.

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